Hurricane Ike

An aerial view of the devastation in Port de Paix, Haiti, where four storms in one month have killed more than 800 people Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty

A baby lies on his mother's lap at a maternity hospital that was turned into a shelter for pregnant women and mothers in Havana Photograph: Claudia Daut/Reuters

An evacuee from talks on the phone at a shelter in Havana after being forced from her home by hurricane Ike Photograph: Fernando Llano/AP

Hurricane evacuees rest at a shelter in Havana Photograph: Fernando Llano/AP

Children sit in a yard strewn with debris on Great Inagua Island, in the southern Bahamas. Ike was a category 4 hurricane as it passed over Great Inagua Photograph: Brennan Linsley/AP

A view of a house on Great Inagua Island thrown from its foundations by hurricane Ike Photograph: Brennan Linsley/AP

Damaged houses on Grand Turk, in the Turks and Caicos islands. Ike was a category 4 hurricane as it roared across the low-lying island chain Photograph: Brennan Linsley/AP

An aerial view of a flooded area on Grand Turk island Photograph: Brennan Linsley/AP

This satellite image released by the US national oceanic and atmospheric administration shows hurricane Ike in the Gulf of Mexico. Texas emergency officials stood ready to order the evacuation of 1 million people in the storm's path Photograph: NOAA/AP